Encyclopedia > Bronislaw Malinowski

  Article Content

Bronislaw Malinowski

Bronislav Malinowski (1884 – 1942) b. Krakow, Poland.

Malinowski founded the field of Social Anthropology known as Functionalism, holding the belief that all components of society interlock to form a well-balanced system.

Notable works:

  • The Trobriand Islands (1915)
  • Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922)
  • The Scientific Theory of Culture (1922)
  • Magic, Science, and Religion (1948)
  • The Dynamics of Culture Change (1961)



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
BBC News 24

... signals, and this is seen by some as influential (to a certain limited extent) in promoting the take-up of digital television. BBC News 24 broadcasts from the BBC News ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 99.2 ms